404UFOR - Unidentified Female

Identified...Identified...Identified

Left to right: Reconstructions by NCMEC, Carl Koppelman and Joyce Nagy; decedent's clothing and jewelry; knife located near the body.

Date of Discovery: August 19, 1971
Location of Discovery: Cave Junction, Josephine County, Oregon
Estimated Date of Death: 1970 to 1971
State of Remains: Skeletal
Cause of Death: Undetermined, suspected homicide

Physical Description

Estimated Age: 14-25 years old
Race: White
Sex: Female
Height: 5'2 to 5'9"
Weight: 125 lbs.
Hair Color: Red or auburn, long with dyed blond streaks.
Eye Color: Unknown. Possibly brown, based on DNA analysis.
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown.

Identifiers

Dentals: Available. She had crooked teeth, slightly buck toothed with four fillings in her molars. Dental age based on third molar development is 14-22.
Fingerprints: Not Available.
DNA: Available. mtDNA and nucDNA available at UNT (ref #06-4820).

Clothing & Personal Items

Clothing: Checkered pink and beige double-breasted waist-length belted coat with six pink 7/8" buttons, tan or beige long-sleeved turtleneck shirt with a zipper in the back, white Lovable bra (size 34B), blue Wrangler jeans (size 13-14 misses slim), purple/blue/white striped panties, and brown Primstyle imitation leather square-toed shoes with medium height heavy heels with straps and gold buckles.
Jewelry: Two rings: Ring with mother-of-pearl stone and braided silver band (the letters "AL" were scratched into the face of the white stone); silver "friendship" band with diagonal decorative chevron-like scoring along the band bearing a stamp "M-H" (size 6 1/2).
Additional Personal Items: The only items found in the woman's pockets were 38 cents (oldest coin being from 1970) and a map of Northern California recreational sites.

Circumstances of Discovery

A man and his son discovered the victim's skeletal remains in a wooded area just off Redwood Highway near Mile Post 35 near the Oregon - California border. The body was located in an area described as a dump and had been partially covered with debris. A hunting knife with deer blood on it was found near her body.

She is known to investigators as "Annie Doe."

The DNA Doe Project took on the case in 2018. Distant relatives were found in their database from New Zealand and the Sussex region of England.

Investigating Agency(s)

Agency Name: Josephine County Sheriff's Office
Agency Contact Person: Veronica Vance
Agency Phone Number: 541-474-5128
Agency E-Mail: nici.vance(at)state.or.us
Agency Case Number: 71-940

NCIC Case Number: U210019267
NamUs Case Number: 10929
NCMEC Case Number: 1261134

Information Source(s)

Namus
NCMEC
DNA Doe Project
Antique Jewelry Investor
Josephine County Sheriff's Office
NCMA
The World Link News Archive
KGW.com News Archive

Admin Notes

Added: Prior to 2005; Last Updated: 12/7/18